Durisdeer

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Durisdeer
Buildings in Durisdeer
Buildings in Durisdeer
Coordinates 55 ° 19 ′  N , 3 ° 45 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 19 ′  N , 3 ° 45 ′  W
Durisdeer (Scotland)
Durisdeer
Durisdeer
administration
Post town THORNHILL
ZIP code section DG3
prefix 01848
Part of the country Scotland
Council area Dumfries and Galloway
British Parliament Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Scottish Parliament Dumfriesshire

Durisdeer is a hamlet in the Scottish Council Area Dumfries and Galloway or in the Nithsdale district of the traditional county of Dumfriesshire . It is about seven kilometers north of Thornhill on the northern edge of Dumfries and Galloway near the border with South Lanarkshire .

history

At the time of the Roman occupation of Britain , a Roman road ran through what is now Durisdeer. To the northeast of the village, along a pass over the Lowther Hills , was a fortified Roman camp. In the past, the pass over the Lowther Hills was an important link between Nithsdale and Lanarkshire . Today, the Dalveen Pass , which runs a short distance north in the Carron Water Valley, is used to cross the Lowther Hills.

Presumably a church dedicated to Saint Cuthbert already existed in Durisdeer in the Middle Ages . Today's Durisdeer Parish Church was probably built on the same site between 1718 and 1720, based on a design by Scottish architect James Smith . However, some sources also mention older dates dating back to 1699. The church contains the family vault of the early Dukes of Queensberry . In the surrounding cemetery is the grave of the covenanters Daniel McMichael , known as the “martyr's grave” . The few buildings that make up today's Durisdeer mostly date from the mid-19th century. Towards the end of the century there was a school that could accommodate 103 students. In 1978 parts of the film The 39 Steps were shot in Durisdeer.

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Durisdeer is off the A702 ( Edinburgh - St John's Town of Dalry ), which follows the Dalveen Pass. The A76 ( Kilmarnock - Dumfries ) runs a few kilometers to the west . In the 19th century, the southwest Carronbridge received a station along the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway . However, this has since been abandoned.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  2. ↑ Entry on Roman Road  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  3. ↑ Entry on Roman camp  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  4. ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  5. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  6. ↑ Entry on Durisdeer Parish Church  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  7. ↑ Durisdeer in: FH Groome (Ed.): Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical , Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh, 1882–1885.
  8. ↑ Information on Carronbridge Station

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